A partner at Patton Boggs with an expertise in white-collar criminal defense has been elected to head the players union for the National Football League.
In a move that may not elicit much pity from lower-paid lawyers, Dewey & LeBoeuf has chopped the pay of 66 partners over the past 15 months, axing it by…
A California appeals court ruling on the responsibilities of departing partners is causing headaches for partners at the dissolved law firm Heller Ehrman.
Reportedly under consideration for a top post at the U.S. Treasury Department, the chairman of Sullivan & Cromwell has apparently stepped away from the possible appointment.
With news this afternoon of layoffs at two more well-known law firms, the total number of known attorney and staff terminations since Feb. 27 now tops 2,800.
As other major law partnerships reluctantly make layoffs, a BigLaw firm headquartered in the United Kingdom has come up with an unusual recession alternative.
Despite dire predictions for the traditional BigLaw model by some observers, stunning layoffs now under way at many major firms responding to dismal economic conditions are a good sign as…
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